40-29-204 - Persons never eligible to register and vote. - Tennessee Statutes

40-29-204. Persons never eligible to register and vote.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this part, the following persons shall never be eligible to register and vote in this state:

     (1)  Those convicted after July 1, 1986, of the offenses of voter fraud, treason, murder in the first degree, or aggravated rape;

     (2)  Those convicted after July 1, 1996, but before July 1, 2006, of any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or any other degree of murder or rape; and

     (3)  Those convicted on or after July 1, 2006, of:

          (A)  Any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or (2);

          (B)  Any other violation of title 39, chapter 16, parts 1, 4 or 5 designated as a felony; or

          (C)  Any sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 or violent sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 that is designated as a felony and where the victim of the offense was a minor.

[Acts 2006, ch. 860, § 1.]